Yesterday LeeAnne and I took Julianne out for a great afternoon sail.There was a fresh breeze of 8-12 knots from the W-NW with moderate swells of 3-5 feet. We sailed out towards oil platform Gina and then tacked up the coast towards the Mandalay Bay power plant. We took some pics of the main and Genoa sails on a close reach.
We hoisted the spinnaker after jibing about a mile offshore from the power plant. The new spinnaker sleeve worked great and the sail filled nicely. We were soon sailing on a broad reach at 7 knots! Unfortunately, the sail was difficult to control due to the strength of the winds and building swells. We didn't want to risk damaging the light air spinnaker so we doused it after only a few minutes. It was a short and exhilarating downwind run!
We recently joined the Channel Islands Yacht Club and plan to do some racing. Charlie has been studying racing rules and sail trim techniques. We'll use these pictures to help examine the condition of the sails and how they respond to trim. We're not sure how old they are... but they still look OK for cruising.
The picture below shows a cloud of smoke from the wildfires out by La Canada/Flintridge some 50+ miles away! Click the picture to see the details.
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